Quote from: gunslinger473 on June 30, 2007, 08:20:46 PM
Dear Bach Man,
     I you are like me you might have a "Lack" of insperation for new locomotives in Large Scale. As for me I have a "Lack" of insperation for my art work. Any way I hope this topic would help with ideas for new Large Scale locomotives. I've heard Your releasing a 1:20.3 Scale K-27, I hope you are. To start things off my suggestion for a new locomotive would be a 1:20.3 Scale K-28. Especialy the famous "Bumble Bee" scheme.(My personal favorite) Also I think an interesting concept would be a line of "Cog" engines like those used on the "Pikes Peak" cog railway and the "Mt. Washington Cog railway". So any way here are some starter thaughts and I am looking forward to other people's opinions and ideas.

All the K's have been avalaible for a while now, as has the C16 BumbleBee, its just they are very very expensive finescale brass models a that cost as much as a used car.

As for affordable models...Bmann will be issueing a 1/20 scale K27 sometime before the end of the decade, and thats not that far off ya know.

Personally I would like to see a different small engine being offered, the 1/20 Porter just didnt do anything for me as I already have 2 of the earlier Porters, maybe a 1/20 scale 0-6-0T, 2-6-0T or 2-6-2T tank engine based on the Indy would get my blood up, but so far I feel like us small layout types have been getting shortchanged in favor of the "bigger is better" crowd

As for a Class A Climax, I really do not know why we havent seen one yet?
Afterall the same trucks from the Class B Climax could heve been used, and Bmann could have issued both open cab or enclosed cab versions or a vertical boilered version all using the same drivetrain...

I got dam sick and tired of waiting to see what bones we would get tossed and invariably being disappointed year after year that I began building my own geared engine models! I'm up to geared creature #6 with enough stuff to build one more! Probably an enclosed Class A this time, maybe a vertical boilered one at that

Quote from: Wade Colyer on July 10, 2007, 09:36:41 AM
How about a class A Climax?

Wade

Build one, I did and its not that tough...

Outdoors I wouldnt bother,

Indoors, once all the track was down, wired up and tested OK,  I used Krylon red oxide primer to coat the rails and ties, then used a Scotchbrite pad to remove paint from the top of the rails, then ran a track cleaner car around several times.

Basicly whatever you would do in HO or O also applies to indoor G.

The LGB 'Forney' is technically a Mason Bogie as the front truck swivles to make it R1 compatible.

I'f B'mann does an LS version of their On30 Forney take heed to make sure its R1 capable, for a loco that size to require anything larger would be marketing suicide.

Speaking of Masons, how about one of these, maybe using the Indy drive?

This could also be done R1 capable, and would be a big seller.

Recent projects?

What I did with a Columbia that was all worn out


A new loco based on an MDC Roundhouse Climax


Most recent project, a MOW derrick motor unit based on a unit seen a local RR museum.


Large Scale... BTW

I'm not saying it existed or not, theres no way to prove it or to disprove it, buts it is a hellova story.

How about this for a scenario...If this monster was over the permafrost and the heat from the engine caused enough weakening to allow the rails to buckle, leading to a break in the piping carrying superheated water from the reactor to the boilers, this allowed a stream of superheated steam to blast out like a blow torch which caused instant melting of the surrounding permafronst, leading to more buckling of the powerplant and boilers,the engine then sank into this superheated mess of a soup eventually breaking the reactor seal, China Syndrome. This thing would sink as far as the surrounding melting caused by the radioactive mess would allow, its quite conceivable that something this large could dissappear from sight , the aftermath would be that the entire sight would be off limits, all evidence would be buried by containment mounds of earth to cover the wreckage.

Like I said cant prove it one way or not, but its conceivable during that insane era.

Dont forget, the "Little Joes" were called that because they were built for service INSIDE Russia, they were designed during the war, but then the cold war put the kuputz on shipping them overseas, they were reworked for US gauge and eventually sold off to the Milwalkee Road.

And this WAS the soviet era, were logic and common sense were trumped by official party decree, "your cooperative farm WILL produce 100,000 bushels of grain" (regardless of the fact that the crops have failed). Decree over reality was a hallmark of the soviet era works.

Are you sure its fake? Or is that just what the Soviets wanted you to think?

Remember this was a regime crazy enough to use atomic bombs for construction projects in Kahzakstan, nuclear material for heating elements and that are places in Siberia so contaminated by atomic and chemical contamination that they will be off limits for centuries to come.

Admitting to the creation (and sudden demise) of a large mobile nuclear pile that ended in a mini-Chernobyle would be a massive embarrasment to any regime there, not to menntion facing charges of nuclear contamination of the research facility, no, there will never be an official admittance to this, it only lives on in the realm of legend.

Fake, yeah right....then where did this drawing come from

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Big%20Joe%20Model%20.pdf

Based on what scant information survived the official purge after Stalins death and descriptions from the very few scientists who survived the Gulags and didnt succoumb to lung cancer from  years of working on perfecting motors for Trabants in Siberia. The only known photo was said to be buried with Stalin and it was rumored the disaster was the cause of the shadowy health attack that led to the dictators demise.

PS the AA20, ( the 4-14-4 ) wasnt a success as it had an annoying habit of trying to straighten out every curve it was on, it also had a knack for demolishing every set of switchpoints it ever crossed.

heres a link to some info on the AA20, about 1/2 down the page is the only known photo, and this is an engine that survived for about 40 years stored behind the place it was built.
http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/bw-apoc4.html

I could sure use a stack of these bogies as well...

So how bout it Mr Bachmann?

John Allens solution was to use 2D profile cutouts of figures glued to the seats, use can also sculpt your own figures using Sculpty clay and once baked, paint them. Thats by far the cheapest way to go.

Want a Class A? 
Why wait? build your own....




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EH...I stopped worrying about what gets released a while ago, what gets released, gets released. I've been having a more interesting time building my own nightmares....



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